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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
To: 9fans@9fans.net
Subject: Re: [9fans] bug in rio: unhiding deleted windows
Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 08:44:24 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <120891c57c6cabd2b6c00b03add44b19@quanstro.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <48EF8488.6030000@proweb.co.uk>

> Electricity is 15p per KwHour round here
>
> 300w
>
> echo 'scale=3; 0.15 * 0.3 * 25 * 365' | bc
>
> 410.625 pounds per year
>
> 60w
>
> 82.125 pounds per year

you have a good point, though i assume you mean

	; hoc
	0.15*0.300 * 24 * 365
	394.2
	0.15*0.060 * 24 * 365
	78.84

300 watts is a hungry computer.  all 6 of my machines
here, including an 8-disk hot swappable monster, take
~550VA according to my apc.  but then again, i have
nothing but 80+-rated power supplies and a few 35w
and 65w cpus.

if power is that big a deal, it might make sense to
buy specialized hardware.  soekris come in at <20w.
an old laptop can make a good low-power fs.
portwell has a <20w atom-based mb with gbe.
you could have a small fleet of those for 60 watts.
turn off a couple of lightbulbs and tell yourself it's
free. :-)

my personal bias is toward speed and reilability.

how much is it worth to you not to worry about your
fs?  for me it's worth a lot.  even at $350/year, that's
cheep data insurance to me.

- erik




  parent reply	other threads:[~2008-10-11 12:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-10-08 20:51 andrey mirtchovski
2008-10-10 11:53 ` Rudolf Sykora
2008-10-10 12:32   ` andrey mirtchovski
2008-10-10 12:54     ` erik quanstrom
2008-10-10 20:23       ` Lyndon Nerenberg
2008-10-11  3:05         ` Russ Cox
2008-10-11 11:11           ` Rudolf Sykora
2008-10-10 13:15     ` andrey mirtchovski
2008-10-10 13:21       ` Rudolf Sykora
2008-10-10 13:18         ` erik quanstrom
2008-10-10 14:02           ` Rudolf Sykora
2008-10-10 14:41             ` erik quanstrom
2008-10-10 15:25               ` Rudolf Sykora
2008-10-10 15:21                 ` erik quanstrom
2008-10-10 15:42                   ` Rudolf Sykora
2008-10-10 15:33                 ` ron minnich
2008-10-10 15:41                   ` Rudolf Sykora
2008-10-10 16:20                     ` andrey mirtchovski
2008-10-10 16:26                       ` Rudolf Sykora
2008-10-10 16:30                         ` andrey mirtchovski
2008-10-10 16:43                           ` Rudolf Sykora
2008-10-10 15:45                   ` andrey mirtchovski
2008-10-10 16:36               ` matt
2008-10-10 16:40                 ` Rudolf Sykora
2008-10-11 12:44                 ` erik quanstrom [this message]
2008-11-23 19:50 ` Rudolf Sykora
2008-11-23 21:51   ` erik quanstrom
2008-11-26 19:52     ` Rudolf Sykora
2008-11-26 20:55       ` erik quanstrom

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